1672 ⟶ Assassination of the De Witt Brothers and William of Orange's Rise
Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt i...
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🔪 Assassination of the De Witt Brothers and William of Orange's Rise
Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague – William III of Orange takes power.⟶
Political AssassinationDutch RepublicReligious ConflictOligarchyRegicide
Netherlands🔬 Leeuwenhoek Observes Microbes
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope, using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings, raindrops, and his own feces. He calls them "animalcules."⟶
MicrobiologyScientific RevolutionGerm TheoryBiology
Netherlands🕰️ Huygens Publishes Study on Oscillating Systems and Pendulum Clock Design
Christiaan Huygens: first study of oscillating system and design of pendulum clocks⟶
PhysicsMechanicsTimekeepingScientific RevolutionChristiaan Huygens
Netherlands👑 Dutch Invasion of England and the Rise of a Constitutional Monarchy
1689: The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England, England becomes a constitutional monarchy.⟶
Glorious RevolutionConstitutional MonarchyDutch RepublicWilliam of OrangeJames IIMonarchyParliamentPolitical Reform
United KingdomNetherlands🏛️ Establishment of the Batavian Republic
Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.⟶
French RevolutionRepublicNapoleonic WarsPolitical TransformationNationalismEnlightenment
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